1967 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1967 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the Lansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club in London from 10–16 February 1967.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her sixth consecutive title defeating Anna Craven-Smith for a third successive year in the final.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
39th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueLansdowne Club and Royal Aero Club
← 1966
1968 →

Seeds edit

Draw and results edit

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First round edit

Player one Player two Score
 Heather McKay (née Blundell)  M Makower w/o
 Anna Craven-Smith  C Hitchman 9–1 9–1 9–1
 Fran Marshall  Marjorie Townsend 9–2 9–3 9–1
 Marion Hawcroft  A Geddes 9–1 9–1 9–0
 Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)  C Heath 9–3 9–0 9–0
 Barbara Baxter  J Pallister 9–3 9–1 9–0
 Bev Johnson  B Law 9-0 9–1 9–1
 Sylvia McClure  Barbara McMullen w/o
 M Taylor  V Delaney w/o
 A Norval  Janet Ledger 9–0 9–2 9–1
 E Taylor  E B Ward 8–10 6–9 9–4 9–6 9–6
 Bronwyn Barton  R Cooper 9–6 9–5 7–9 9–3
 Lorna Greville-Collins  Celeste Dickson 9–5 9–4 6–9 9–4
 J Dixon  G Hogan w/o
 Thea Moore  O Weldon-Corkery w/o
 Margaret Burke  N A Watkins w/o
 Jenny McDevitt  Barbara Sanderson 9–0 9–2 9–1
 Jennifer Crane  J M Ward 9–3 9–0 9–4
 Marlene Tierney  M Ashmore 9–0 9–0 9–0
 Jean Wilson  M White 9–0 9–4 9–0
 Di Fuller  S Youatt 9–1 9–2 9–0
 Betty Keenan  M J Bassett 9–1 9–2 9–0
 S Holmes  S M Atherden 9–3 9–1 9–4
 Daphne Portway  J Price 9–0 9–1 9–3
 Ann Price  P Rundle w/o
 Dianne Corbett  Ursula Smith 2–9 9–1 9–2 9–3
 A G Williams  D Ibrahim 7–9 9–2 9–3 9–4
 Annette Picton  Bobs Whitehead 9–1 9–4 9–0
 Robyn Kennedy  M A Young 9–0 9–3 9–0
 Helen Jackson  Elizabeth Fraser 9–7 9–0 9–5
 Sheila Cooper  P Brown 9–0 9–5 9–1
 Peggy Mason  P Pratt 9–5 9–5 9–5

Second round edit

Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Portway 9–0 9–0 9–0
  Craven-Smith   Price 9–0 9–1 9–0
  Marshall   Wilson 9–3 9–3 9–0
  Hawcroft   Norval 9–2 9–0 9–0
  Macintosh   Taylor 9–0 9–3 9–0
  Baxter   Corbett 9–6 9–4 9–4
  McClure   Picton 9–4 10–8 9–2
  Johnson   Greville-Collins 9–3 9–4 9–4
  Burke   Cooper 9–7 9–3 9–0
  McDevitt   Mason 9–0 9–2 9–0
  Crane   Fuller 9–7 9–3 9–3
  Kennedy   Dixon 9–3 9–3 9–1
  Moore   Jackson 10–9 9–0 9–3
  Barton   Holmes 9–3 9–6 0–9 3–9 9–4
  Keenan   Williams 5–9 2–9 9–3 9–4 9–6
  Tierney   Taylor w/o

Third round edit

Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Burke 9–1 9–0 9–0
  Craven-Smith   McDevitt 9–1 9–0 9–0
  Marshall   Crane 9–4 9–5 9–1
  Hawcroft   Kennedy 9–6 9–4 9–1
  Macintosh   Moore 9–4 9–0 9–1
  Johnson   Barton 9–2 9–3 9–3
  Baxter   Keenan 9–0 9–0 9–2
  Tierney   McClure 9–3 9–2 9–0

Quarter-finals edit

Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Macintosh 9–3 9–1 9–5
  Craven-Smith   Johnson 9–5 9–5 9–7
  Marshall   Baxter 9–4 9–2 9–7
  Hawcroft   Tierney 9–7 9–1 9–2

Semi-finals edit

Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Hawcroft 9–1 9–0 9–3
  Craven-Smith   Marshall 9–1 8–10 9–4 9–3

Final edit

Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Craven-Smith 9–1 10–8 9–6
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1967
Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "Times Archives 1967 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "British squash title for McKay". Canberra Times. Trove. 18 February 1967.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2015.